Perpetual calendar



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PERPETUAL CALENDAR Filed July 16. 1927 e0/y M eye/g 1N V EN TOR.

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Pateiited Sept. 10, 1929.

HENRY MEYER. or ANDERSON, INDIANA.

PERPETUAL Application filed July 16,

This invention relates;` to indicators and more `particularly to an indicator Vttor use in hospitals, sick rooms and the like tor iudi catino; the time at which certain medicines are to be taken by a patient.

v)ne ot the primary objects ot the invenH tion ie to provide a inellicinal indicator' including a base plate having; a clock face Starwood or aiiixed 'thereon with a plurality ot difiere-nt colored hande, the hands being` adapted to be freely eet todi'fi'erent pointe ot time 'for indicating' the time and' intervals at 'which different medicines are to be taken by a particifllar person, each of the hands: being' oit a ciStinct-ive color and each repreeentin a particular kind ot medicine, whereby the diiiercnt medicii'ien may be accilrately adminintorod to a patient at the desired time.

il iurthor object of the invention is to provide a medicinal indicator comprising' a base plate having means thereon for indicating the time at which said medicines are to be takenv and a thcrinometer and calendar there on no aa to increase the eervice ot the indi cater.

A 'further oliject of the invention is the provision oit novel means arraiig'ed at one eide ot the clock tace on the face plate for indieating;l the day of the month, Said means including' a pointer movable in a verti al Slot, tho tace plate en opposite sides of the Slot beine; marked with the days ot the month, so that the pointer can be moved up or down the slot 'for alinement with any one of the nnmorals indicating' the day, the pointer being` rotatable so as to permit the saine to be niorod from one eide ot the slot to the other.

fi 'further object oil the invention is; the provision of dials;4 carried by the ul'iper end ot the taco plate for indicating' the day of the Week, the mionth, and the number oit days in the inoiith.

ik etill further object ol1 tle'invention is to provide an improved medicinal indicator oi the above charac-ter, 'which Will be durable and ollicient in une, one that will be simple and @any to i'ijianntactnre, and one which can be placed upon the market at a very small moet.

CALENDAR.

1927. Serial No. 206,281.

llVith these and other objects in vieiv, the invention consiste in the novel conetrnction, arrangement and formation oit parte., of; ill be hereinafter more Afully described, claimed,

and ill nstrated in the accompanying draw innja, in which drawing:

Figure l a 'front elevation of the inivnroved device,

Figure S in a Side elevation of the improved device,

Figure 3 a vertical detail Section taken on the line of Figure l looking' .in the direction et the arrows, illustrating; the method oit mounting one of the rotatable indicating` disks upon the tace plate,

Figure 4i is a detail. horizontal Section taken on the line ll; 4 ot Figure l lookin in the direction ot the arrows, illuetrating' the incanS oi' mounting; the indicating' hands upon the medicinal indicator, and l Y Fignre ie a. detail. horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure l looking' in the direction ot the arrows, showing' the method of mounting the indicating pointer for the calendar' on the bane plate.

Referring to the drawings in detail, Wherein Similar reference characters designate corresponding' iarte throughout the several views, the letter A generally indicates the improved device, which comprises a face plate l() which can bctormed. of any preferred material, enc-h a@ .light sheet n'ietal, cellnloid, cardboard or the like. The central portion. ot the tace plate hat' marked or Stamped thereon in any preferred Way a clock Aface i] for indicating' the hours of the day and the axial center ot the clock 'face receives a rivet l2 which. rotatably Supporte three indicating' hands which are indicated by the reference characters 1?), 144;, and i5 re- Spective-ly. These hands ot a ditierent color, ao that each ne can be readily dietinguished from the other and the hand. 13 is preterably colored red, the hand lil: White, and the hand l5 blue.

The clock face l1, andthe hands 13, liland l5, forni the medicinal. indica-tor, per se, and the Sannois need as follows: It often necessary in sick rooms that a. patient be given a number ot ditierent kinds off medicine at ditferent intervals of time. To prevent confusion, each hand represents a particular kind oi medicine and the hands are set on the diierent hours, at which the diiiferent kinds of medicines are to be administered. As the medicine is given the patient, the hand is set up to the desired new interval of time. lf preferred, in order to reduce all possibility of confusion the different bottles of medicine can be labeled Red, White and Blue, respectively so as to indicate which hand the medicine represents.

Below the clock face a line 16 is drawn and the space below the line is left blank 'or the reception of suitable advertising` matter or the like so that the complete device can be placed on the market as an advertising novelty.

Mounted upon the base plate lO preferably to the left ot the clock tace ll, is arranged any preferred type oi: thermometer 17 and the iiace plate l0 itself can be graduated, as at 18, along the stem ofthe thermometer.

To the right oit the clock face, the face plate l0 is provided with means 'i9 for indicating the days of the month and this means comprises a pointer 2O which is slidably mounted within a vertical slot 2l formed directly in the face plate. rlhe tace plate on opposite sides of the slot 21 is graduated as at 22 and the days of the months are stamped, printed or otherwise at'lixed to the face plate adjacent to said graduations. The pointer 20 is mounted in a novel manner so that the same can be swung to either side of the slot for indicating the particular day of the month and this means includes a shank 24 having a flat head 25 at its rear end for engaging the face plate. The forward end of the shank is provided with a manipulating handle 26 and rotatably mounted 'upon the shank between the tace plate 10 and the manipulating handle 26 is the pointer 20. It is obvious that by grasping the handle 2G the pointer can be moved up or down in the slot to the desired position, and the pointer can be swung` either to the rightor the left to indicate the desired day of the month.

Above the clock face l1, the thermometer and the day of the month indicator 19 I provide the face plate with three rotatable disks 27, 28, and 29. These disks are disposed in rear of the tace plate and are connected therewith by the use of suitable rivets or the like 30. The disk 27 has printed or otherwise formed thereon the month of the year, while the disk 28 has printed or otherwise secured thereon the days of the week, and the disk 29 has printed or otherwise secured thereon the number of days in a particular month and the face plate isy provided with slots 3l which forms sight openings so that the desired indicia on the disks will be brought into registration with the sight openings and thus be brought into view.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided a novel device which is particularly adapted for use in sick rooms.

The device can be hung up on a wall or placed in an upright position on a table or the like and in orderthat the same may be placed upon the table in an upright position l provide a foot 32 which is secured to the rear face of the face plate and which terminates in substantially the same plane with the lower edge of the face plate, so as to form a support therefor.

Changes in details may be made withoutl departing from the spirit or scope of this invention, but:

`What lfclaim as new is:

A device of the class described, a face plate, disks rotatably carried by the face plate and a mark thereon for the days ot' the week, the month of the year, and the number of days in a particular month respectively, the face plate having` sight openings therein through which portions of the indicia on the disks can be seen, the face plate being further provided with a vertical slot, numerals on opposite sides of the slot indicating` the days of the month, and an indicating` pointer for the numbers indicating the days ot the month rotatably and slidably mounted in the slot.

ln testimony whereof l ailizi my signature.

HENRY MEYER.

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